Lev Polugaevsky
Soviet era · Russia · 1934–1995
Gave his name to the sharpest line of the Najdorf, and spent a career proving it sound.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
271Wins
554Draws
173Losses
55%Score
1954–1994Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Korchnoi | 65 | 8 | 33 | 24 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 29 | 0 | 21 | 8 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 25 | 4 | 15 | 6 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 24 | 3 | 17 | 4 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 21 | 2 | 16 | 3 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 21 | 2 | 14 | 5 | view games |
| Judit Polgar | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | view games |
| Nigel Short | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Viswanathan Anand | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Michael Adams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Boris Gelfand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Gata Kamsky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Peter Svidler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 3 of 5
- 1986 vs Werner Hug Black Biel A07 0-1
- 1986 vs Josef Klinger White Biel E17 1-0
- 1986 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Biel A30 1-0
- 1986 vs Bent Larsen White London E16 1-0
- 1986 vs Eric Lobron Black Biel E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs A Jonathan Mestel Black London B82 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Anthony J Miles Black Biel A36 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs John DM Nunn Black London B80 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs John DM Nunn White Biel A52 1-0
- 1986 vs Jim Plaskett Black London E16 1-0
- 1986 vs Lajos Portisch Black London E15 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Zoltan Ribli White London D19 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Ian Rogers Black Biel E11 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Nigel Short Black London B80 1-0
- 1986 vs Boris Spassky Black London E11 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Jonathan S Speelman White London E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Rafael A Vaganian White London D55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Andras Adorjan Black Linares A36 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Ulf Andersson Black Biel Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Theophilus Caiafas White WchT A33 1-0
- 1985 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Linares E52 1-0
- 1985 vs Istvan Csom Black WchT A30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Moscow B93 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili White Tilburg A32 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili Black Tilburg D30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Giancarlo Franzoni Black WchT B23 0-1
- 1985 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Moscow E20 1-0
- 1985 vs Efim Geller White Moscow E05 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jorge H Gomez Baillo White WchT D19 1-0
- 1985 vs Lev Gutman White Biel Interzonal D87 0-1
- 1985 vs Robert Huebner White Tilburg D16 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Robert Huebner Black Tilburg E48 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Robert Huebner Black Linares E11 0-1
- 1985 vs Constantin Ionescu Black WchT A30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Moscow A14 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Vlastimil Jansa Black Biel Interzonal B85 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Tilburg E20 0-1
- 1985 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Linares E20 0-1
- 1985 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Tilburg E15 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Li Zunian Black Biel Interzonal A46 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Tilburg B26 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Tilburg A33 0-1
- 1985 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Biel Interzonal D18 1-0
- 1985 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Linares E21 0-1
- 1985 vs Angel Martin Gonzalez Black Biel Interzonal B48 0-1
- 1985 vs Anthony J Miles White Tilburg E15 1-0
- 1985 vs Anthony J Miles Black Linares A30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Anthony J Miles Black Tilburg E31 1-0
- 1985 vs Charles Partos White Biel Interzonal D61 1-0
- 1985 vs Margeir Petursson White Biel Interzonal D34 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jim Plaskett Black WchT E12 0-1
- 1985 vs Lajos Portisch Black Linares E21 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Biel Interzonal A41 0-1
- 1985 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Moscow A33 1-0
- 1985 vs Manuel Rivas Pastor White Linares D15 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Amador Rodriguez Black Biel Interzonal B96 0-1
- 1985 vs Amador Rodriguez Black Moscow B44 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black Moscow E07 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Tilburg D87 1-0
- 1985 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black Tilburg B23 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Gyula Sax White Biel Interzonal E12 0-1
- 1985 vs Yasser Seirawan White Biel Interzonal D52 1-0
- 1985 vs Nigel Short White Biel Interzonal E12 1-0
- 1985 vs Andrei Sokolov Black Biel Interzonal B82 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Boris Spassky Black Linares A46 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Moscow E48 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Moscow D43 0-1
- 1985 vs Jan Timman Black Linares E31 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jan Timman Black Tilburg B46 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jan Timman White Tilburg D87 0-1
- 1985 vs Eugenio Torre Black Biel Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Moscow D87 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Moscow D59 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Biel Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Linares D87 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black Biel Interzonal B85 1-0
- 1985 vs Ye Rongguang White WchT D07 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Ulf Andersson Black London A30 0-1
- 1984 vs Hans Bohm Black OHRA A45 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Daniel H Campora Black OHRA B44 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Murray G Chandler White London D34 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Murray G Chandler White OHRA D89 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Thessaloniki ol (Men) E12 1-0
- 1984 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales White Thessaloniki ol (Men) E11 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Kiril Georgiev Black Thessaloniki ol (Men) E48 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Aldo Haik White Thessaloniki ol (Men) A42 1-0
- 1984 vs Greg Hjorth Black OHRA B20 0-1
- 1984 vs Christie Hon Kah Seng Black Thessaloniki ol (Men) E46 0-1
- 1984 vs Lars Karlsson Black Thessaloniki ol (Men) A36 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Anatoly Karpov Black London A33 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White URS Cup E20 1-0
- 1984 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-World E12 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black London E11 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-World A11 1-0
- 1984 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-World E12 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs A Jonathan Mestel Black London A14 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Anthony J Miles Black London E60 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Predrag Nikolic White OHRA E20 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs John DM Nunn White London A65 1-0
- 1984 vs Lajos Portisch White OHRA D18 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Thessaloniki ol (Men) E15 0-1
- 1984 vs Zoltan Ribli White London D41 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Yasser Seirawan White London E20 1-0
- 1984 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Thessaloniki ol (Men) E15 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Jonathan S Speelman White London E32 0-1
- 1984 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Thessaloniki ol (Men) E11 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS Cup A46 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Jan Timman Black OHRA E18 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Jan Timman Black London B80 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Eugenio Torre White London D19 1-0
- 1984 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black URS Cup E12 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Rafael A Vaganian White London A34 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black OHRA B46 0-1
- 1984 vs Tom Wedberg White OHRA E32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Georgy Agzamov White URS-ch50 D19 1-0
- 1983 vs Ulf Andersson Black Tilburg A33 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili Black URS-ch50 D11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Yuri S Balashov White URS-ch50 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black URS-ch50 E54 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch50 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black EU-chT Plovdiv E54 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Curt Hansen White EU-chT Plovdiv D55 1-0
- 1983 vs Robert Huebner Black Tilburg A30 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Artur Jussupow Black URS-ch50 A47 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-ch50 E32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg D32 1-0
- 1983 vs Konstantin Z Lerner Black URS-ch50 E43 0-1
- 1983 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Tilburg A47 0-1
- 1983 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White URS-ch50 A85 0-1
- 1983 vs John DM Nunn White EU-chT Plovdiv E81 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch50 A42 0-1
- 1983 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg D19 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lajos Portisch White EU-chT Plovdiv E12 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lev Psakhis White URS-ch50 E32 1-0
- 1983 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black URS-ch50 E32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Oleg M Romanishin White URS-ch50 A73 1-0
- 1983 vs Yasser Seirawan White Tilburg E32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Gennadi Sosonko Black EU-chT Plovdiv E11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Tilburg D38 1-0
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky White Tilburg A93 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Jan Timman Black Tilburg E29 0-1
- 1983 vs Georgi P Tringov Black EU-chT Plovdiv B85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White URS-ch50 D85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Rafael A Vaganian White URS-ch50 A34 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Tilburg E11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs John TH Van der Wiel White Tilburg A47 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Andras Adorjan Black Toluca Interzonal A19 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson Black Mar del Plata A14 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson Black Bugojno E11 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Toluca Interzonal E54 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Rosendo Carrean Balinas Black Manila B24 0-1
- 1982 vs Fernando Braga White Mar del Plata E05 1-0
- 1982 vs Daniel H Campora Black Luzern ol (Men) B44 0-1
- 1982 vs Ricardo De Guzman Black Manila E12 0-1
- 1982 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Manila B85 0-1
- 1982 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo Black Mar del Plata A21 0-1
- 1982 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Luzern ol (Men) A30 0-1
- 1982 vs Carlos Garcia Palermo White Mar del Plata E08 1-0
- 1982 vs Sergio C Giardelli Black Mar del Plata D11 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bugojno A33 1-0
- 1982 vs Robert Huebner White Bugojno A29 1-0
- 1982 vs Krunoslav Hulak Black Toluca Interzonal A50 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Igor V Ivanov Black Toluca Interzonal E11 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Bugojno B85 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Bugojno E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Artur Jussupow Black Toluca Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov White Mar del Plata D36 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov White Bugojno E74 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Bugojno A30 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Luzern ol (Men) E32 1-0
- 1982 vs Bachar Kouatly Black Toluca Interzonal E11 0-1
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Bugojno A55 0-1
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Mar del Plata A55 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Bugojno A27 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Eric Lobron White Manila A77 0-1
- 1982 vs Rafaelito Maninang Black Manila E16 0-1
- 1982 vs Rico Mascarinas White Manila D41 1-0
- 1982 vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez Black Luzern ol (Men) B85 0-1
- 1982 vs Erling Mortensen Black Luzern ol (Men) B85 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata A13 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel Najdorf White Bugojno D67 1-0
- 1982 vs Roger I Nokes White Luzern ol (Men) A77 1-0
- 1982 vs John DM Nunn White Toluca Interzonal E94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Oscar Panno Black Mar del Plata B20 0-1
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian White Bugojno E19 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch White Mar del Plata A30 0-1
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch White Toluca Interzonal E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Mar del Plata E17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Amador Rodriguez White Toluca Interzonal E92 1-0
- 1982 vs Ruben Rodriguez White Manila E90 1-0
- 1982 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Toluca Interzonal A17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Harry Schussler Black Luzern ol (Men) E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yasser Seirawan White Toluca Interzonal E43 1-0
- 1982 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Mar del Plata A30 1-0
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky Black Bugojno B23 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky White Toluca Interzonal E91 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Luzern ol (Men) E17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Manila D43 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman White Mar del Plata E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman Black Bugojno E15 0-1
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